Believing the Accuser Should Not Depend on Which Team They’re Accusing

I have been thinking about this for a while now, and I want to lay it out carefully, because I think it is one of the more uncomfortable truths in American politics, the truth that we, as a country, have developed a habit of treating accusations against politicians as credible or not credible based almostContinue reading “Believing the Accuser Should Not Depend on Which Team They’re Accusing”

The Weight of a Campaign Built on Sand

There comes a point in a political campaign where the accumulation of scandal stops being a series of isolated incidents and starts being a pattern, and I think Graham Platner crossed that point months ago, long before this latest allegation ever became public, and I want to walk through why, because I do not thinkContinue reading “The Weight of a Campaign Built on Sand”

Something Feels Off About Graham Platner

There’s a strange kind of feeling that sometimes creeps in when you watch politics unfold. It’s that subtle inner alert that says: something about this doesn’t sit right. Not because there’s proof, or scandal, or anything dramatic — but because the pieces don’t seem to fit together the way they should. That’s the feeling I’veContinue reading “Something Feels Off About Graham Platner”